Usually means: Muscles that pull limbs inward.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word Adductor:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. adductor: Merriam-Webster
  2. adductor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. adductor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. adductor: Collins English Dictionary
  5. adductor: Vocabulary.com
  6. adductor: Wordnik
  7. adductor: Wiktionary
  8. adductor: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. adductor: Dictionary.com
  10. Adductor: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Adductor: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. adductor: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. adductor: Rhymezone
  14. Adductor: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. adductor: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. adductor: FreeDictionary.org
  17. adductor: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. adductor: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. adductor: Merriam-Webster

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  1. adductor: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. adductor: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  5. adductor: Medical Etymology Anatomy
  6. adductor: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (adductor)

▸ noun:  (anatomy) A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body—opposed to abductor.

Similar:
adductor muscle, abductor, adduction, abductor oculi, abducens muscle, retractor, extensor, protractor, occlusor, hyperextensor, more...

Opposite:
abductor, subtractor

Types:
pectineus, gracilis, adductor longus, adductor brevis, adductor magnus, more...

Phrases:
adductor magnus, adductor longus, adductor muscle, adductor muscles, adductor brevis, more...

Adjectives:
posterior, anterior, great, powerful, long, short, large, weak, small, strong, external

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Similar:
adductor muscle, abductor, adduction, abductor oculi, abducens muscle, retractor, extensor, protractor, occlusor, hyperextensor, more...

Opposite:
abductor, subtractor

Types:
pectineus, gracilis, adductor longus, adductor brevis, adductor magnus, more...

Phrases:
adductor magnus, adductor longus, adductor muscle, adductor muscles, adductor brevis, Adductor canal, adductor tubercle, adductor hiatus, muscle adductor, great adductor muscle, musculus adductor hallucis, more...

Adjectives:
posterior, anterior, great, powerful, long, short, large, weak, small, strong, external



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